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Record 1 2020-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Walls and Partitions
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
DEF

The triangular end of an exterior wall from the level of the eaves to the ridge of a double-sloped roof.

OBS

gable: often used loosely to mean the gable wall, or even the end wall of a narrow flat roofed building.

OBS

gable: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Murs et cloisons
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Partie d'un mur pignon au-dessus du niveau des égouts des deux versants d'une toiture inclinée et qui comprend les extrémités de ces deux versants.

OBS

gable : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paredes y mamparas
  • Techos (Elementos de edificios)
DEF

Parte superior triangular de la fachada de un edificio, en la cual descansan las dos vertientes del tejado o cubierta.

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Record 2 1996-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Residential Architecture
DEF

A triangular-shaped feature decorating the eaves of a roof.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture d'habitation
DEF

Sorte de fronton triangulaire qui orne l'avant-toit.

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
  • Architectural Styles
DEF

A more or less triangular shaped piece of wall closing the end of a double pitched or gable roof. The top of the wall may be bounded by the two slopes of the roof where this overhangs; or it may form a parapet following more or less the shapes of the roof behind. Hence, any piece of wall of the same general shape, having a more purely ornamental purpose.

CONT

Screening effects were also used on the exterior of churches, as in the transept of Notre Dame in Paris, where paper-thin gables tie the facade together and lap over the adjacent story. Gables were further used above, where they disrupted the firm horizontal cornice and altered the older effect of the wall as simple envelope for the volumes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

Couronnement de forme triangulaire surmontant l'arc des fenêtres et des portails gothiques.

CONT

Le gable peut être ajouré (en claire-voie) ou en orbevoie. Aux gables s'ajoutent pour accentuer la verticalité de l'architecture, des pinacles, des crochets ou des fleurons. Emprunt d'un mot germanique représenté par l'allemand Giebel et l'anglais gable, pignon.

CONT

Le goût de l'ornement architectural issu des diverses combinaisons du gâble, du réseau ou de la rosace s'étale sur les façades et aux flancs des églises en se mariant heureusement aux découpages des fenêtres.

Spanish

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